Opinions on Americans and Railroads from Today’s Papers
The selection reflects on American oratory versus English skill and contemplates alleged Yankee methods. It reviews the Interstate Commerce Commission year ending 1907, railway mileage gains, safety devices, and operator costs. It ends with a note on Wall Street morality and stock market gambles.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
New England
Powervice
Stel
Witt
Binekes
Abe
Fondis
Ain
Taxation by tips shocks travelers in this era
The writer laments tipping as a heavy burden on travelers by land or sea, arguing the practice is harsher here than in Europe. He says no tariff exists yet travelers are taxed at trains hotels barber shops restaurants and elsewhere, a toll paid by those with less money while the wealthy escape.
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Europe
Philas Delpala Thyutrer
Japan’s Battleship Ambitions Questioned in Letters
The piece argues Japan cannot sustainably build three or four battleships yearly without collapsing finances and warns that even peaceful intent could lead to deeper conflict. It cites opinions from a Whitely Letter and Brookley Stand as sources.
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Orie
Japan
Tinanutal
Jagiait
Brookley
A Busy Teller and a Dreaming Clerk in a Street Way
In a crowded scene the bill clerk and a cashier trade barbs about work, dreams, and a chance encounter with a striking woman on the elevated. The clerk recalls the mysterious D-engraved locket while the pair joke about youth, romance, and propriety amid a bustling city mood.
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Judz Mane
Casiavier
Doris
Dido
Delia
Donsabella
Dolly
Despoth
Prodigal Sons and Financial Failures of 1907 Era
A mid-Victorian report-like examination of bankruptcies and spendthrift behavior among the upper middle class. The piece contrasts modern insolvency with the era’s severity, noting that spectacular failures of 1907 stemmed from extravagant personal spending and mismanagement.
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Inspector General
Farm Dream Sparks City Toller's Salary Advance
The toller in the city received an advance in salary and vowed to begin saving to buy a farm. In Sussex an agriculturist examined the check from the season's wheat, hoping for another such crop.
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Sussex
Legal Musing on Indebtedness and Trains in Transit Law
The text discusses remedies for lost checks, liability of ticket holders who let others ride, and equity relief despite signing misrepresented instruments. It notes void intercity speed limits on mail trains and the right to discharge a biased juror, followed by a garbled aside about a Sunday school superintendent and a cryptic Catholic Standard reference.
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Wegerie
Willie
Tangier
Wigert
Catholic Standard
Rytex
Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight Song Fragment
Fragment from an old song about a mother's longing for her son. Refrains plead for the wandering boy and describe a mother's sleepless care and prayers. The text shows verses about childhood, home, and paternal gratitude, with misspellings and typographic quirks from OCR.
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Toni
Roadside trees of France improve shade and road safety
A French report by Cornival discusses the preservative effect of shade on highways. It notes that trees planted along roads reduce heat damage, balance drought, and should be chosen with high reaching branches and vertical roots, spaced at intervals to support roadbed longevity.
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U.S. Corniwal
Bre Cuiewer
Capaul
Robert I Shetters
Voarseillés
Commie
New York
Mtitett
Ponty
Tyfox
Marseillen
R. Birot
Bureau of, Ridges and Highways
Thrift Records Highlight Workers From Many Trades
London Tit-Bits notes thrift contest winners across engineers printers railway workers and servants. A 60 year old railway porter saved from small wages to own £315 in savings and property. A Burpham shopkeeper, 60, ran a 16 hour day to support 14 children with a turnover of £1,752 and stock £1,800. A domestic servant saved £332 in 38 years and holds £157 at savings and an annuity of £12. Other cases include a Southend worker with £744 saved in 30 years and similar thrifty records.
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London
Burpham-on-Crouch
Savings Bank
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Charles Wyndham
America
Brand
Sir ‘Charles
England
Springfield Republican
Wall Street
New York Globe
Wald
Tim
Paul
Elise
Adams
Randolph
Great
T. Fe Ee Nai
Chicago Daily News
Fife
Anthony Trollope
Nosaw Trollope
Mopern Prodigal Sons
Hefressen
Bim
Noboy
Jane Dartings
Jamies
Roadside Trees
France
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